50th Reunion Essay

James N. Worcester College: Ezra Stiles

Robert J. Wittebort 175 E. Delaware Place, Apartment 4616 Chicago, IL 60611 robert.wittebort.pc.69@aya.yale.edu 312-409-0659 Education: Notre Dame Law School, JD 1974 National Service: US Navy 1967–1997 Career: Lawyer: Hopkins, Sutter; General Counsel& Assistant Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority; partner Chapman and Cutler; EVP Chicago Building Services, Inc.; partner DHR International; Chairman, Metropolitan Housing Development Corporation Avocations: Author, The Chicago Club 1960–1994; The Great Lakes Dredge and Philharmonic Society; The Saddle & Cycle Club. Singer, Yale…

Richard Bowen Wolf 3752 S. Bainbridge Dr. Bloomington, IN 47401 richardb.wolf@gmail.com 812-369-4034 Spouse(s): Donna Lippincott Wolf (1969) Child(ren): Michael Maclean Wolf (1976); Alexander Lippincott Wolf (1978) Education: Yale, BA 1969; University of Chicago, MA 1971, PhD 1976 Career: Eighth-grade English teacher, Eielson AFB (Alaska) for 1 year; English professor, Mississippi State University for 35 years. Avocations: Art museum docent; playwright; patron of the arts in general; college athletics fan. College: Pierson At 70 I’ve mostly…

Francis Kenneth Wolfe 4850 Osprey Dr. S #606 St. Petersburg, FL 33711 wolfeak@aol.com 727-865-2032 Spouse(s): Annemarie Wolfe Education: Yale, BA 1969; NYU, M.B.A 1976 National Service: US Army Reserves, 1969–1975 Career: Forty years as an executive in the consumer catalog and e-commerce business College: Saybrook I have been fortunate that my business career provided me with jobs that had me working in many parts of the world including Europe, Latin America, and Asia in addition…

Scott Williams 170 Indian Tree Drive Highland Park, Illinois 60035 spwill170@gmail.com (224) 622-0709 Spouse(s): Sheri Riggan Williams (1972) Child(ren): Matthew Lawrence Williams (1979), Andrew Riggan Williams (1981) Grandchild(ren): Luke H. Williams (2010), Ryan S. Williams (2011) Education: University of Texas, MA, 1971, University of California, MBA, 1976 Career: Citibank, Managing Director, Senior Credit Risk Manager Global Autos/Heavy Industries, Global Forest Products, Nordic Region, 23 Years Avocations: Volunteer work providing a variety of services to the…

John Woodson Willingham College: Davenport

Wayne George Willis wayne@willisdomain.com 650-428-1395 Spouse(s): Stephanie Kittredge (1971–1979); Deborah (Debi) Linhardt (1984) Child(ren): Caleb Kittredge Willis (1974), Molly MacFarlane Willis Wilson (1976), Tyler Harrison Willis (1986) Grandchild(ren): Madison McKinley Willis (2005), Macy Jamieson Willis (2007), Blythe MacFarlane Wilson (2015), Evelyn Hayes Wilson (2016) Education: Yale, BS 1969; Yale, MA 1974; Yale Law School, JD 1975 Career: lawyer 2 years, entrepreneur 40 years Avocations: politics, technology-and-the-future College: Jonathan Edwards It all started with the Alumni…

James W. Wilson College: Trumbull

Morris Karl Wilson College: Timothy Dwight

N. Lee Wilson College: Morse

William Harvey Wilson Date of Death: 18-Oct-1999 College: Saybrook (This memorial was submitted by Ben Jerman.) It was my pleasure to room with Bill Wilson for four years at Yale and one summer in New York City. For three years we shared bunks in the same room of a two-bedroom suite, and only by senior year did we have separate rooms in a three-room suite. In a walk to Commons for dinner during our first…

John Reid Wingard College: Calhoun

Geoffrey Walker 1705 North Boulevard Houston, TX 77098 gwalker@huntonak.com 713-240-5270 Spouse(s): Christine Long (1969–1974); Ann Kennedy (1978). Child(ren): Nicholas Long Walker (1972); Lucy Kennedy Walker (1984); Alec Kennedy Walker (1985) Grandchild(ren): Clara Evelyn Walker (2007); Emiline Leslie Walker (2011) Education: Yale College, BA, Scholar of the House 1969; Yale Law School, JD 1974 National Service: Spec 5, US Army 1969–1971. Presidential Council on Youth Involvement in the Bicentennial Career: Corporate Securities lawyer, Butler Binion 1974–1982;…

Laurence P. Winship College: Silliman

John Winthrop College: Saybrook

Harry H. Wise III 34 Birchwood Lane Hartsdale, NY 10530 hwiselaw@aol.com (914) 413-2382 Partner: Peggy Twohig Education: Boston College Law School, JD 1975 Career: journalist, local paper and AP, 1970–1972, lawyer, 1975-present Avocations: trumpet, squash, tennis, golf College: Davenport In general, my fondest recollection of Yale is of the guys in Davenport whom I knew. A few are still friends, and a couple still good friends. Recollections of academic things are vaguer. My declared potential…